Frank Guarente

Frank Guarente

Real Name:

Francesco Saverio Guarente

Profile:

Born: Montemiletto, Italy on October 5, 1893
Died: New York City on July 21, 1942

Trumpeter and composer. Guarente swapped music lessons with King Oliver in New Orleans in the 1910s and susbsequently came to fame both as a member of Paul Specht's Orchestra and leader of The Georgians, Specht's 'band within a band'. He also recorded extensively in Switzerland and Britain in the mid-1920s.